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Monday, February 09, 2009

Thai Thai II

Between Sunday night meetings, Courtney and I had time for a quick bite in Bethlehem. We debated over a few spots: Olive Branch (355 Broadway, South Bethlehem), Sal's Brick Oven Pizza‎ (313 S New St., South Bethlehem) and either Thai Kitchen (347 Broadway, South Bethlehem) or Thai Thai II (509 Main St., Historic Bethlehem - props to Tina Bradford on her post about it). Neither of us had been to TTII, so we motored across the Fahy Bridge just to check it out. I wasn't even sure exactly where it was, so we crept slowly along Main Street looking for a sign. When we finally saw it, we grabbed a parking spot right across the street and walked in. Bethlehem is such a dead zone on Sunday night, and I can't figure out why. All the restaurants are open and there's free street parking!

We walked in and were seated in a booth quickly. That was the end of "quickly" for TTII. We did everything short of a physical take-down on our server to get him to our table, and we overheard a few other patrons complaining. *Interesting, because a lot of people complain about the speed of service at Thai Kitchen and White Orchids too. It's not as if the noodles aren't pre-cooked; can anyone explain?* Clearly the problem at TTII last night was that there were two guys in the dining room and probably one person in the kitchen, and at least 10 tables of hungry patrons to serve.

We both picked Pad Thai (the spaghetti and meatballs of Asian cuisine); I know we are both more adventurous typically, but a menu that is 7 pages long is a little daunting, and at a new restaurant... sometimes it's good to go for what you know. Plus, for me, a Thai place is only as good as its Pad Thai dish. To be honest... it was... okay. I paid $3 extra for shrimp in mine and was disappointed at both the size and quantity I received. Maybe next time we'll try one of the chef's specialties.

Be warned, the joint is BYOB and fountain drinks are $1.75/each. I am glad to have another place where we can bring our own bottle of wine, but the bummer about the BYO's on Main Street is... no state store nearby to pick up one, if we forgot (like we did last night). White Orchids has one up on TTII for this reason. The tab, after tax and tip, was $20.00/person.

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